FAST WORK - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 137 clues). Published 7/28/2013. By Andrew Reynolds.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Holiday cheer (6): HOHOHO
7 Across: Early round (6): PRELIM
13 Across: "30 Rock" or "3rd Rock From the Sun" (6): SITCOM
19 Across: P.G.A. event played on Father's Day (6): USOPEN
20 Across: Company in a 2001 merger with Chevron (6): TEXACO
21 Across: Old TV component (6): TRIODE
22 Across: See 36-Across (6): MOMENT
23 Across: Tickles (6): AMUSES
24 Across: Corrects (6): EMENDS
25 Across: Bobble (5): ERROR
27 Across: Wordsworth's "___ to Duty" (3): ODE
28 Across: Short race? (7): DWARVES
29 Across: ___ Peninsula (5): MALAY
31 Across: Opposite of eternally (9): NEVERMORE
35 Across: Suffix with green or bean (3): ERY
36 Across: With 22-Across, shortly (3): INA
37 Across: Accident marker (5): FLARE
39 Across: Subject of many a war (8): BOUNDARY
42 Across: Cobra's foe (8): MONGOOSE
44 Across: Melee (5): SETTO
45 Across: Whole ___ (5): FOODS
48 Across: Stamp, perhaps (7): ENDORSE
49 Across: Express (5): STATE
50 Across: GMC truck (6): SIERRA
51 Across: GPS lines: Abbr. (3): RDS
52 Across: Texas athletic site (9): ALAMODOME
54 Across: Dive, maybe (3): BAR
55 Across: Molding material (4): CLAY
58 Across: Robed ruler (4): EMIR
59 Across: Seminary subj. (3): REL
60 Across: New newt (3): EFT
61 Across: Cons (3): HAS
62 Across: Like the 116-Across (12): MASSPRODUCED
67 Across: Common pg. size (3): LTR
68 Across: "___ magic" (3): ITS
69 Across: Auto safety feature, for short (3): ABS
70 Across: Dead-end jobs, perhaps (4): RUTS
71 Across: Eye affliction (4): STYE
72 Across: Pizza order (3): PIE
73 Across: A computer may be in it (9): SLEEPMODE
77 Across: Seventh letter (3): ETA
79 Across: Con (6): INMATE
81 Across: Narrow valleys (5): GLENS
82 Across: Strong-smelling cheese (7): STILTON
86 Across: Lord or lady (5): NOBLE
87 Across: "Nifty!" (5): NEATO
88 Across: How many Playboy bunnies dress (8): SCANTILY
89 Across: Generosity (8): LARGESSE
91 Across: Rise (5): KNOLL
92 Across: "No ___!" (3): MAS
93 Across: Furtive (3): SLY
95 Across: N.F.L. owner who moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in 1996 (9): ARTMODELL
97 Across: She outwitted Sherlock (5): IRENE
99 Across: ___ greens (7): COLLARD
102 Across: Versailles resident (3): ROI
103 Across: Is a poor night watchman, say (5): DOZES
105 Across: Polo ground? (6): ORIENT
106 Across: Gargoyle features, often (6): SPOUTS
109 Across: Showy shrub (6): AZALEA
112 Across: Showy (6): ORNATE
113 Across: Greets the day (6): ARISES
114 Across: "Feeling Good" chanteuse (6): SIMONE
115 Across: Hide-and-seek cheater (6): PEEKER
116 Across: 5-Down unit (6): MODELT
117 Across: Consumer Reports employee (6): TESTER

Down Answers

1 Down: Run smoothly (3): HUM
2 Down: Bear, in Baja (3): OSO
3 Down: 2012 Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series (8): HOMELAND
4 Down: "L'Africaine," e.g. (5): OPERA
5 Down: Business titan born July 30, 1863 (9): HENRYFORD
6 Down: Not conned by (4): ONTO
7 Down: Grp. that rarely meets during the summer (3): PTA
8 Down: Take off (6): REMOVE
9 Down: Give off (5): EXUDE
10 Down: Light show light (9): LASERBEAM
11 Down: Put away (3): ICE
12 Down: Hip-hop's ___ Def (3): MOS
13 Down: Blasted (6): STEWED
14 Down: "Garfield" waitress (4): IRMA
15 Down: Balcony, e.g. (4): TIER
16 Down: Feature of a 57-Down (12): CONVEYORBELT
17 Down: More curious (5): ODDER
18 Down: Unkempt (5): MESSY
26 Down: Genetic enzyme (5): RNASE
28 Down: Fictional character with steel pincers for hands (4): DRNO
29 Down: Give the silent treatment? (4): MIME
30 Down: Before long, poetically (4): ANON
32 Down: Before, poetically (3): ERE
33 Down: Words to live by (5): MOTTO
34 Down: Exposed (5): OUTED
38 Down: Failed investment (4): LOSS
40 Down: Off course (6): AFIELD
41 Down: Tobiko, in Japanese cuisine (3): ROE
43 Down: Bloody (4): GORY
44 Down: A Beatle (5): STARR
46 Down: Poorly insulated, say (6): DRAFTY
47 Down: He wrote "I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating" (6): SARTRE
49 Down: Bobble (4): SLIP
50 Down: Hook's hand (4): SMEE
52 Down: Wake-up times, for short (3): AMS
53 Down: Tolkien creatures (4): ORCS
55 Down: Impressive golf shot (6): CHIPIN
56 Down: Many a Dream Act beneficiary (6): LATINO
57 Down: 5-Down innovation (12): ASSEMBLYLINE
58 Down: Latin 101 verb (4): ESSE
62 Down: Get down pat (6): MASTER
63 Down: Up to the task (4): ABLE
64 Down: Northeast university town (5): ORONO
65 Down: Getup (4): DUDS
66 Down: Pac-12 player (3): UTE
71 Down: Winter sprinkle (4): SALT
74 Down: Discharge (5): EGEST
75 Down: Ending with cyto- (5): PLASM
76 Down: Space rock, maybe (9): METEOROID
77 Down: List ender (4): ETAL
78 Down: 116-Across, colloquially (9): TINLIZZIE
80 Down: Like (3): ALA
82 Down: Shrew (5): SCOLD
83 Down: Bit of TV real estate (8): TIMESLOT
84 Down: Pearl Buck heroine (4): OLAN
85 Down: Where 5-Down's company gets an "F"? (4): NYSE
87 Down: Bookworm, maybe (4): NERD
88 Down: Casting source for some H'wood comedies (3): SNL
90 Down: Hose holder (6): GARTER
91 Down: Harvey of "Taxi Driver" (6): KEITEL
93 Down: Cone filler (5): SCOOP
94 Down: "The Big Bang Theory" co-creator Chuck (5): LORRE
96 Down: Extinguish (5): DOUSE
98 Down: Lots (5): REAMS
100 Down: Tip for a reporter, maybe (4): LEAK
101 Down: Status quo ___ (4): ANTE
104 Down: Brewery fixture (4): OAST
106 Down: Cooke of soul (3): SAM
107 Down: For (3): PRO
108 Down: Bygone flier (3): SST
110 Down: Phoenix-to-Albuquerque dir. (3): ENE
111 Down: ___ Lingus (3): AER

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